Hello everyone. I haven't written a Mytake in ages but i recently saw a youtuber do a list like this and so i thought i would share with you all my favorite video games for each year i have been alive.
My actual birthday is the end of July so I'm jumping the gun a little here, but i will start from 1983 and go to 2017. Therefore there are 34 titles in all.
This actually was tough to do because there were a lot of great games that have come out and sticking with one a year is a challenge. There were also a couple of years i struggled to think of anything i really liked as well (like 2016). However I believe I have come up with a great list to share with you all ranging across multiple genres and systems including the PC and arcades. So lets jump into it!
Note: im choosing them by the year they first came out in the U.S. (parenthesis = the versions i played most) Also since GAG only allows 20 pics per take i will split this up.
1983: Mario Bros (Arcade, Apple II, NES)
Not Super Mario Bros, just regular old Mario bros. I played it mostly on the Apple II back in the day, but what I played I enjoyed a whole lot. a classic arcade game.
1984: Paperboy (Arcade, NES)
Yet another fun arcade classic. I remember having lot of fun smashing windows and basically being a very bad paper boy lol. I loved hitting the robber and would show my dad whenever I did it cause it was funny lol.
1985: Super Mario Bros (NES)
Needs no real introduction, its the game that saved video games as we know them today. Still fun to play even today.
1986: The Legend of Zelda (NES)
The original. Spent many hours perfecting this one. Still a great classic I still get out and play every now and then.
1987: Mega Man (NES)
The original Mega Man was a fantastic game and started my obsession with the franchise. Very difficult but still fun for me.
1988: SimCity (PC, SNES)
A great simulation game that fueled my imagination. I just loved building the biggest cities.
1989: Mega Man 2 (NES)
My favorite Mega Man of them all. My order: Metal man > Flash Man > Wood Man > Bubble Man > Air Man > Crash Man > Quick Man > Heat Man
1990: King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (PC)
The game that sparked my love of the Adventure game genre. Also fuck Cedric, that stupid owl lol.
1991: Final Fantasy II (4 officially) (SNES)
The game that introduced me to RPGs. I played this thing soooo much back in the day. Couldn't get enough of it.
1992: Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Soo much fun back in the day, I remember battle mode with my brother and friends. I also loved trying to best my time in time trials.
1993: Secret of Mana (SNES)
A fun game that mixes Zelda like gameplay with RPG elements. I loved the atmosphere and music the most though.
1994: Super Metroid (SNES)
One of my all time favorite video games, Super Metroid just kicked soo much ass. I still go back to this one often.
1995: Chrono Trigger (SNES)
The very best of the Square RPG's for me. Just an all around masterpiece.
1996: Civilization II (PC)
A game I spent soooo many endless hours one and also sparked my interest in History. One of my all time favorites for sure.
1997: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
I've always loved the Castlevania series and this one took the Super Metroid formula and really made it in its own style. Really fun game here.
1998: Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1)
This one is hands down my all time favorite game, I have spent sooo many hours of my life on it. The music, characters, story, the classes you can change into. Just a fantastic game that perfected the Strategy RPG for me.
1999: Heroes of Might and Magic III (PC)
A game I also spent so many days of my life on. It takes all sorts of mythical creatures from legends and folklore and puts them all into armies for you to order and fight others. Very addictive game. can be very difficult too.
2000: The Sims (PC)
The first sims was very fun and I made a house with all my friends in at at the time. Bought all the expansions too. Fun times!
2001: Super Smash Bros Melee (Gamecube)
Take all the Nintendo mascots and put them in a fighting game? hell yes! Melee was one of the best of them.
2002: Final Fantasy XI (PS2, PC)
My very first entry into the MMORPG and what a time it was. Had a lot of fun playing this one with my friends.
This is the end of part 1. Please check out part 2 for 2003-2017!
Toad-1's Favorite Video Game for Each Year Since I Have Been Born (Part 1: 1983-2002)
SimCity - I've played a newer version, not sure which one. I didn't think much of the game. It got very repetitious after a while
King's Quest were my earliest graphics games, although I played text games before that. I'm not sure if I played KQ5 or not. I also played some of the Quest for Glory games which were some of the first RPGs.
Civilization. I've played 3 & 4. I still play 4 regularly (just a couple of days ago).
Heroes of Might and Magic 3. I've played this since it came out 18 years ago. In all that time I've probably never gone more than a month or two without playing. My play time in that game is easily in the tens of thousands of hours.
I never played any of the others listed. Never heard of a couple of them.
QUEST FOR GLORY! =D That is hands-down my favorite game series of all time. It was so epic how you could import and continue your character with each new game in the series, and would meet characters from the previous games. My biggest gripe was that the ending of the last game didn't give the series a completely satisfying ending. Oh well; most games don't end up having as nice of an ending as "Chrono Trigger", I suppose. xD
So many of these bring back good memories of playing games with my big brother: - Super Mario Bros - Paperboy - Sim City 1 - King's Quest V - Super Mario Kart - Secret of Mana - Chrono Trigger
Great list. I will also say that -- thinking back on most of the games with a story that I can remember -- "Chrono Trigger" was the one of the very few with a completely satisfying ending. Most others seem to just end too abruptly, while "Chrono Trigger" gave enough time to say goodbye to each character and the world of the story.
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Finally! Was able to finally get to this after jumping through hoops lol. This is great stuff. Many of these games I love. A few I've never played. I'm a little sad Contra didn't make the list. But the original SimCity on SNES... was my ish! I'm a little embarrassed to say how much time I spent playing that game haha
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I read this like way waaaay before just didn't comment cause kept going back and getting this overwhelming nostalgia hahah... past memories But I couldn't take it anymore and had to play super metroid...
Replaying it after so many years.. really, the game is so well designed though. The areas that requires certain power ups and what not... love
Ah, Super Mario... the nostalgia. Sims 1! I dunno how, but Mortimer always died whenever I played. Didn't matter what I did, he'd just die within the first 30 minutes of the game. xD (I hope I'm not mixing things up with Sims 2, but I don't think so.) Heroes III! Love that game, got'em all (apart from the first, sadly), spent so many hours, days, weeks of my life in these games. Which were your favourites fractions? Mine were Dungeon, Rampart & Fortress. :')
Ah, yeah, Stronghold was kinda fun, too. I couldn't really work with them, though. xD Wolf Raiders too fragile, they usually just died before they could do anything useful. xD
Well, you put quite a bit of effort into this mytake! That being said, King's quest is kinda the only decent game game in the lot. But i guess being imprisoned in North Korea kinda restricts access to good games.
Dude, this is a legendary list haha. I feel like you are missing a lot of PC-only games here though, should probably have a separate list for PC games like all the classic shooters, RTS and CRPGs, and I wish Morrowind could be tied with FFXI for the 2002 spot.
I love your list my u have some of my favourite games to including #1 Castlevania- i like the whole series, metroid and super mario bros (nes version). Looking forward to next list :D
I am currently playing the iOS version of Final Fantasy IV. I remember being fascinated by the guides in Nintendo Power, even though I never owned a SNES.
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